Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 vs Samsung Galaxy A13

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.43-inch Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 680) that was released on January 26, 2022, against the Samsung Galaxy A13, which is powered by Exynos 850 and came out 2 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Redmi Note 11
  • Water-resistant body (IP53 classification)
  • 84% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (427K versus 231K)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 90 Hz
  • Stereo speakers
  • Delivers 25% higher peak brightness (737 against 591 nits)
  • Has 33% more RAM: 4GB versus 3GB
  • Supports higher wattage charging (33W versus 15W)
  • AMOLED display (versus competitor's PLS TFT)
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy A13
  • More recent OS version: Android 14 versus 13
  • 14% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 474 and 415 points

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 and Samsung Galaxy A13 crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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Value for money (Beta)

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4 / 64 GB
VS
3 / 32 GB
143.7
(Excellent)
Value Index
96.3
(Very good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED PLS TFT
Size 6.43 inches 6.6 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels 1080 x 2408 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 409 ppi 400 ppi
Refresh rate 90 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
Max rated brightness 700 nits 500 nits
HDR support No No
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 84.5% 83.4%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
-
Display tests
RGB color space 95.1% 99.9%
PWM 171 Hz Not detected
Response time 2 ms 33 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity 1257:1
Peak brightness test (auto)
737 nits
591 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 159.87 mm (6.29 inches) 165.1 mm (6.5 inches)
Width 73.87 mm (2.91 inches) 76.4 mm (3.01 inches)
Thickness 8.09 mm (0.32 inches) 8.8 mm (0.35 inches)
Weight 179 g (6.31 oz) 195 g (6.88 oz)
Waterproof IP53 No
Rear material Plastic Plastic
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors Gray, Blue White, Black, Blue, Yellow
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-button
Screen-to-body ratio
84.5%
83.4%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 and Samsung Galaxy A13
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 Samsung Exynos 850
Max clock 2400 MHz 2000 MHz
CPU cores 8 (4 + 4) 8 (8)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.9 GHz: Kryo 265 Silver (Cortex-A53)
- 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo 265 Gold (Cortex-A73)
- 8 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Lithography process 6 nanometers 8 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 686 No
GPU
Graphics Adreno 610 Mali-G52
GPU shading units 128 16
GPU clock 1114 MHz 1001 MHz
FLOPS ~285.2 GFLOPS ~48 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 and Samsung Galaxy A13
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Galaxy A13 +14%
474
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
1523
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 344 -
Single-core score 415 474
Multi-core score 1435 1523
Sources: Geekbench [3]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
427429
231906
CPU 178871 87523
GPU 27481 17669
Memory 109441 86552
UX 111636 40162
Total score 427429 231906
Samples [21 tests] [7 tests]
PCMark 3.0
7450
4777
Web score 7531 4792
Video editing 4072 4695
Photo editing 14785 7885
Data manipulation 6097 3252
Writing score 8535 4111

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Redmi Note 11
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-13 (Eron)AnTuTu521704
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-18 (Rio Aditama)AnTuTu429067
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-15 (adverse)AnTuTu448631
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-13 (Prox)GeekBench CPU415 / 1435
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-22 (zyk)AnTuTu431069
Samsung Galaxy A13
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-25 (stockman50)AnTuTu266604
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-30 (SamsungPro)CPU Throttle95%
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-29 (SamsungPro)CPU Throttle94%
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-26 -> Viljami22CPU Throttle91%
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-26 -> Viljami22AnTuTu231833

Memory

RAM
RAM size 4 GB 3 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 64 GB 32 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 eMMC 5.1
Memory card MicroSD MicroSD
Memory card max size Up to 1024 GB Up to 1024 GB

Software

Operating system Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 14)
ROM HyperOS 1.0 One UI Core 6.1
OS size 18.7 GB 16.5 GB
OS updates - 2 years
Security updates - 3 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 33 W 15 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes (51% in 30 min) Yes (27% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:18 hr 2:18 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:59 hr 08:52 hr
Watching video 13:48 hr 13:18 hr
Gaming 05:50 hr 05:46 hr
Standby 125 hr 127 hr
General battery life
24:01 hr
23:56 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Digital Digital
8K video recording No No
4K video recording No No
1080p video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
Slow motion 120 FPS (720p) -
Angle of widest lens 118Β° -
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
4) Depth: 2 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 5 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
4) Depth: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung JN1 Samsung S5KJN1
Sensor size 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch) 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.64 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 5 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Sensor Sony IMX355 -
Sensor size 1/4" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) 1/5" (β‰ˆ 0.2 inch)
Pixel size 1.14 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP 2 MP
Aperture f/2.8 f/2.4
Sensor Omnivision OV02A10 -
Sensor size 1/2.8" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch) -
Pixel size 1.75 micron -
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 13 megapixels 8 megapixels
Image resolution 4128 x 3096 3264 x 2448
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.2
Sensor CMOS CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.1" (β‰ˆ 0.32 inch) -
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
- Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5 5
Bluetooth features LE, A2DP PBAP/PAB, PAN, OPP, MAP, HSP, HID, HFP, DIP, AVRCP, A2DP
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
NFC* Depends on the region Depends on the region
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* No No
Hybrid slot No -
LTE Cat* 13 7
5G support No No

Sound

Speakers Stereo Mono
Headphone audio jack Yes Yes
FM radio Yes No
Dolby Atmos - Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
89 dB
83.3 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Budget
Announced January 2022 March 2022
Release date January 2022 March 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $179 $189
Successor - Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 5G - Samsung Galaxy A17 4G
SAR (head) - 0.37 W/kg
SAR (body) - 1.39 W/kg
Sensors - Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Accelerometer
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 33 W Yes, 15 W
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the display, performance, battery life, connectivity, design, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi Redmi Note 11. But if the camera, gaming, and software are more of a priority – go for the Samsung Galaxy A13.

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Annabella March 11, 2023 at 10:16 AM
Just purchased the Redmi Note 11 Pro in white πŸ“² Love it! Lots of extra features including an in-built cast to screen option. Battery life is amazing and the pictures and videos are super vivid. Slightly more expensive than Samsung A13 but really happy with my choice.
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mii January 21, 2023 at 03:18 PM
i personally have the galaxy a13 and my brother has the redmi note 11 and my phone(galaxy a13) loads better and just looks better as well i would recommend the galaxy a13.
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